Wednesday 13 December 2017 15:33, UK
Jordan Henderson has backed Liverpool to bounce back from their Derby Day disappointment when they host West Brom on Wednesday.
The Reds were held to a 1-1 draw by Everton on Sunday, despite dominating large periods of the Merseyside derby, after Wayne Rooney's controversial penalty cancelled out Mohamed Salah's opener.
Henderson admits Liverpool were guilty of wasting a number of chances against the Toffees but is confident his team-mates can bounce back from that "kick in the teeth" when they face West Brom at Anfield.
"As a team we take collective responsibility for not finishing the job. It wasn't an individual or any single moment," Henderson wrote in This is Anfield.
"We were out there together and we had the power to affect the outcome and in the end the result is the result. But I think we've shown this season and in the previous seasons that when we suffer a setback - or in this case a kick in the teeth - we have the personalities to bounce back and quickly.
"Kick in the teeth is an apt description, because that's what it felt like. At full-time the result hurt, it wasn't a pleasant feeling. With the benefit of perspective the performance was very good and the result not a disaster although clearly not what we wanted or deserved.
"The key now is to react in the right way. We did it after Spurs and we did it after Sevilla. We have to do it again.
"On those previous occasions this season we've taken the knock and responded by getting back on the front foot in the games that followed.
"Hopefully tonight we can show we have that ability again and keep this good run of form going."
